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02 December, 2013

Let's all be Honest..

Ok, I know I am going to get some
heat here, but I am going to call BS on something. In the weeks leading up to
Thanksgiving, you had people coming out against the retailers that were going
to get a jump on holiday shopping by opening on Thanksgiving.

There were Facebook pages devoted
to boycotting the retailers like Kohls, Wal Mart, and Target that would be
opening as early as 6pm Thursday. Several of these stores wouldn’t be closing
until Friday night.

The complaint was 2 fold.. first
of all, people should be spending the holidays with their families, not
fighting other consumers for that knickknack or special deal that you just have
to have, or Christmas would be ruined.

The other reason is concern for
the poor retail worker who had to leave their families, so you could go fight
with other consumers for that knickknack or other special deal. They should be
able to stay at home so they can watch the parade or the games with their
families.

This is where I call BS. If you
really cared about people being able to sit home with their families, then you
wouldn’t watch the game. Or do the employees at the tv studios, networks,
stadiums, etc.. not count?

If you really cared about people
being able to stay home, then you would stay home and keep your TV off.

Let’s not forget that there is
consumer demand for both. If people didn’t want to go shopping, or watch the
game or parade, they wouldn’t and there wouldn’t be a need for those people to
work on Thanksgiving.

I’m sick of people using retail
employees as pawns for their own political agendas, whether it is for boosting
minimum wage, to controlling hours, or increasing union membership.

Let’s call a spade a spade. If
you don’t want to go shopping on Thanksgiving Day, then don’t. But don’t say it
is because you want the stores’ employees to have the option to stay home with
their families, then you better not watch the game or parade.

And, if enough people agree with
you, then next year, the stores won’t open until Friday morning.